Rick Perry's La Jolla Super PAC Reinvents Itself

Presidential candidates come and go, but, like corporations, political action committees have a life of their own.

Take, for example, Americans for Rick Perry, the La Jolla-based independent super PAC that was making waves back in August when we reported that Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, billed as "Dallas' most evil genius" by D Magazine, had kicked in $100,000.

Perry subsequently washed out of the GOP presidential derby, but the PAC lives on as the "Restoring Prosperity Fund," according to a January 27 filing with the Federal Elections Commission.

The committee now "supports/opposes more than one Federal candidate," attests its campaign manager Robert Schuman, a longtime San Diego political consultant, the statement says.

On the expenditure side of the ledger, the Schuman Group was paid a total of $90,000 during the last six months of the year. Other money was used to pay for operatives, hotels and other expenses during the ramp up to the Iowa Caucus early last month, where Perry placed fifth, with just 10.3 percent of the ballots.